Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

If the issues cited by the minister for transport are of such concern as to have informed and driven her rejection of the Qatar Airways application, why are Albanese government ministers, including you, Minister Farrell, publicly encouraging Qatar to put more flights into secondary airports and more seats on in its existing landing slots? Is safety a real concern or just a smokescreen? Do you want more people flying through Doha or less people flying through Doha?